The original FortressCraft was one of the best-selling Indie games of all time. FortressCraft Evolved grows from this powerful base, giving access to incredibly detailed and epic Creative building, as well as allowing a unique form of Survival mode.

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Feedback from the community is paramount to us! As a tiny Indie team, we haven't got the manpower or resources to make mistakes, and guidance from our fans helps keep us on track!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We're hoping to be out of Early Access by the end of 2014.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“It'll be polished, feature-complete and bug-free!*

*maynotbebugfree”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Creative mode is in a good state, and has a number of really powerful features. Survival is still under heavy development, but has 200-300 hours of gameplay in it at the moment. Multiplayer is our current focus, and we've been doing lots of testing of it recently!”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, we will increase the price of the game slowly untill we go to full price at release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

July 29

I can almost smell the end of Early Access! 1.19 has introduced titular tower-defence style Fortress Crafting, more aliens, mobs, minecarts, a brand new tutorial and a million other things! Head over to this thread for full details, or just look at the pics below.

July 20

There were a few teething issues with the craft reporter - however, those have been fixed *AND* the results from all the auto-crash-reports that came in have been rolled into the patch, along with a few fixes here and there enjoy!

Added Threat Scanner to give info about the attacking enemy waves

Failing to add items to StorageHoppers no longer fails to return the items to the player!

Bars, Ores and Power per min now accurate on HoloBase for the last min

Fixed NRE when taking damage in Creative(oops)

If the user picks a target framerate that is radically higher than his computer spec allows, the target framerate is allowed to reduce itself.

It's time to gather your friends and get to creating!

FortressCraft Evolved unleashes the power to create with your friends unlike ever before in the Creative Mode Multiplayer DLC - Download it now!

About This Game

The original FortressCraft was one of the best-selling Indie games of all time. FortressCraft Evolved grows from this powerful base, giving access to incredibly detailed and epic Creative building, as well as allowing a unique form of Survival mode. Creative Mode allows large builds to be made much more quickly, and easily then duplicated and tweaked, and shared with other users effortlessly - all this alongside the world-class voxel building experience that gamers have come to expect.

FortressCraft Evolved includes a host of new features and functionality, which will provide players with the flexibility, variety and detail to realize their wildest worlds. The creative tools will enable users to design and implement magnificent creations, in a quick and intuitive fashion, whereas the Survival mode allows players to manage the ore extraction, processing and power distribution of an entire futuristic mining operation, whilst having to survive both the elements and hostile creatures.

Get in on the Steam Early Access program and be part of the Evolution at a special discounted price! As new phases and new platforms become available, including Mac and Linux versions, the cost of access will gradually increase up to its final retail price and official launch. By getting in early, your discounted price will allow you to have the best building tools for the lowest price as well as receive all the milestones and content patches for free.

Participate in the Early Access to help to craft the final outcome and get a great game at a great discount

Right now I am 50/50 on my review. I have been playing the game with no mob AI and have actually been loving it. It's a nice change from playing Minecraft all day long.

What I enjoy most about the game, is the fact that you need machines to gather resources, mainly your ores, and that you can use conveyor belts to move all your materials around. I've worked a warehouse job where it was conveyor belt city almost, and one conveyor belt at this job, took 10 minutes to get the product from the machine to me, where I had to sort it with other packages. So the game in it's current state is pretty wild. So I recommend it based on how it's different from Minecraft, you can build and destroy blocks from almost any range, and how its got all this factory stuff. I believe there are mods for Minecraft for factory, but I enjoy playing this game as it offers a much different feeling and gives a different look.

Recent changes however will be approaching, and this is where I am undecided on a full recommendation. Changes will be coming that will give the mobs an AI, meaning they can drain power or screw with your machines functioning unless you plop down turrets. To begin, alot of items to build are very expensive, and that problem needs addressed. Another recent change to the game was how generators work. Before, you could use generators anywhere for power. Now, generators will only work so far underground, then you are forced to use lasers. My laser system is getting to be pretty crazy, trying to drag down as much power as I can, and it feels like a never ending battle to even be able to keep power running. There have been recent game code fixes to the lasers in how they operate. I personally dislike the lasers altogether, but I'm really trying to give them a chance.

The other problem that I have, is that, I would love to just be able to operate a factory, with no interruptions, but that isn't going to be added as a seperate option. A simple option to start a new game with no mobs, cannot or will not be included. A few people have asked for this, but all have been given a "no this is not an option" answer. The way indie games are made today, community input is helpful, and when that input is actually used in the game, that's even better, and I believe that indie developers should always keep an open mind about different things they can and cannot include. What I'm saying is, if the game Minecraft can have a no mob option, come on, it really shouldn't be that hard for you to include it as well. But I'm not saying that it needs to be included right away. I'm just saying, it is an option, and it shouldn't be ruled out so quickly. Once the game gets more closer to completion, then add in the option to turn off the mobs. Personally, I'm not looking forward to the mobs in the game, because I was hoping to just run a factory.

The more you cater to your players and fans of the game, the more they will see you in a better light. Then, mix it up a bit and change something that players wouldn't feel is too game breaking, or that on a forum, you have ideas and can go over those ideas with your playerbase. This happens already, but that transparency is what people want nowadays, and the developers have 100% transparency with their playerbase.

It's really just the no mob thing. Never entirely rule something out if it can be a possible option added in later on. I play Minecraft so much, that I'm getting tired of mobs. Which is why I have so much play time with this game. It's pretty much you building and running a factory, but then here come the mobs.

It's a good game, and if you like having to use machines to get things done, then you should get it.

It is still in its early stages so it will be going through many changes I'm sure.

For now, it is a mining game: you'll have the most fun if you enjoy building an industrial town/machine and gradually automate your mining operation.

Depending on how much you like to tinker, there is at least 20+ hours to get to current endgame (quarry), but that can easily extend as you learn to use the various components to achieve certain things you thought couldn't be done. A lot of the core fun is to figure out a way out of these challenges.

Work has just started on PVE, you might want to avoid the Bleeding edge version of the beta until you master the basics and stick to stable or standard beta until you know what you're doing as they are tweaking things and adding stuff continuously.

Edit: I have played more and i have found the game quite enjoyable! I must say that the beggining is very tedious but, afterward, It's an amazing game! If you are a ''filthy casual'' then you will not enjoy this game simply because it is so complex, hell, it took me 5 minutes to get 15 copper bars! Overall, great game with a lot of potential. 8.5/10

Tip to new players your power storage has all the power, that's why you can't get any power from your main generator thing.